7 Day Adventure bike ride from Sydney to Broken Hill
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- This video gives an overview of the 7-day trip that Nick and I did from Sydney to Broken Hill (outback NSW) in August 2020. It is designed for other adventure riders who are planning similar trips or want some insight into what a trip like this is like. We were on BMW R1250GS bikes.
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Incredible! As a 30 year Sydney road only rider you've just put an adventure bike firmly on my shopping list!
Hey Mike
If you love road riding then you will LOVE Adventure motorcycling. All the fun of riding bikes, but often with no cars, the adventure of riding on dirt, and often getting to places that very few people ever see. I'm getting ready to set off on a 7 day trip to the Victorian High country. It will be 90% on dirt and we'll mix up camping with hotels etc. It is going to be amazing. My advice is to pull the trigger and try an adv bike.... it will just open up a whole new dimension for you.
Brent
This is one of the best motorcycle videos I have ever seen! I have visited Australia twice and love it and the people. I am an old BMW touring rider from Indiana who rode on pavement all over the US. I put about 100 k miles on my R90/6 the last 30 years and still ride it. Thanks for sharing and do it again soon.
Hey John, thanks for your note. Glad you are still riding your R90. I also have a GS in the US (Texas) and did an 11 day trip through Tenessee and the Smokey Mountains. You have lots of beautiful country to ride in over there. Stay safe. I'm planning another trip through the Australian high country in March, so I look forward to trying to do it justice with my cameras.
Closed gate: "Didn't want 4wds spoiling the adv tracks" ha ha love it 👍😂. Great vid. Thanks
Plus it's a gate, not a fence, so...
Yeah that was the best commentary
Nothing ventured, Nothing gained. Only the daring tenacity to go on. A fine adventure gentlemen!
The whole room just exploded at my house. We loved how you can see the Toyota land cruiser tracks still going ahead where you had to turn back and go to Hay. Classic and super fantastic. Still laughing here.
THANKS for this vid. American starting to plan an adv trip and rental in Australia for 2022. Your vids give me a starting point.
Feel free to ping me with any questions... happy to help you out with your planning.
I love how you have a planned ride, then if you see something you just ride up that track. I really don't like adventure riding with no adventure and it just becomes about pounding the miles. Everyone should always take the side streets in life...thats what makes the adventure.😀
Totally agree with your comment. Good planning creates a great starting point, but then I love just following my nose when I see something that looks interesting.
This qas so amazing to see you guys riding in the wild and da gerous rouyes ....very adventurous....
Hi Sachin
Thanks for your note. Those routes are actually pretty tame by Australian standards. There are so many more adventurous routes that I plan to take on. We are very lucky in Aus.
Thanks guys. A real treat.
Stunning landscapes (-: they can never lockdown the human spirit!!
What no support vehicles , camera crews , Ewan and Charlie this is the real deal.
Well done guys.
Hey Horatio, thanks for your comment. Yes, I have to admit, I've been put off Long Way Up by all the support etc..... 2 Rivians, Amorak, Sprinter Van, Truck with Diesel generator..... In my mind it's not really an adventure anymore. For me part of the fun is literally heading off on an adventure with only your wits and what you carry on your bike... (in my case the wits don't count for a lot :-)
As a fellow rider in the US touring all the national parks and trying to get some respect for the parks, I really enjoyed and appreciated your videos.
Hey Ryan
You have some great riding over in the US... This year I want to do my first full BDR. I've done some of the Southern Californian BDR, but have my eye on either Colorado or Idaho this year... end-to-end.
Beautiful country. What a ride. Well done gentlemen.
From the central coast of California...
🇺🇸🙏👏👍🍾
As a South African inAustralia itching to ride. Your video has opened a world to me.
Thanks Eerhard, yes, we are really lucky... there is amazing riding all through Australia.. Enjoy exploring.
Wow, what a great ride, fantastic adventure, kudos to the guy on the Africa Twin staying 2 up on the river crossings, hope no damage was done to the people and bikes that went down.
Very informative video. I love the filming too...easy to watch and great narrative . Thank you. We live in a beautiful country.
From Arizona, US...Glad to see you guys riding your big bikes as designed. Many here are whining about them opting for the smaller 790’s, etc... If you want to go a distance, there’s nothing like your 1250’s, well built and comfortable when on hwy. Really love the miles of dirt Au offers. Enjoy!
Hey Greg, I agree. I dont plan to do single-track, but these bikes are pretty damn capable on technical 4wd tracks. And if you have them hardened up, then they don't get damaged when you drop them. I love your part of the world. I've spent quite a bit of time in Az, Utah, NV. The Southwest is my favorite part of the USA. Will have to the AZ BDR one of these days... I'm doing Idaho in July. If you want to see a contrast in landscape, check out my Vic High Country ride. We did 7 days almost totally on dirt.... Kind of like our version of a BDR.
Take care.
Very well done guys. I have taken similar trips all over NW Canada and the US. Although the terrain through the Rockies is very different from what you experienced, equally beautiful. I spent a year in Australia in my youth and I always wanted to do a similar trip. Now that I'm retired...you gave me an idea... Thanks for posting. Cheers.
What a brilliant ride gents! You can’t beat the Broken Hill area, been many times, by car. There’s a great camp site in Silverton that was a park from yesteryear with old swings and slides, very eerie especially when the chain rattle. ATB Jason.
Thanks for sharing your adventure, you guys are so spoiled with all those great outdoors. That being said, those mudguards sure are a bummer when there's actual mud...
You are so right. 1) We are spoiled... and I know it. 2) I swapped my GS for a Husky.... plenty of clearance for mud. If you want to see just how spoiled we are... this was my latest ride (I finished it 2 days ago) ua-cam.com/video/W6hJzKdoSfk/v-deo.html
@@brentbat The drone shots are very good and the landscapes very beautiful. Pro tip: I'd suggest that you do not mix the sound of the bike engine and the music in the same shot. One or the other is fine but not both, especially when you are not consistent about it.
@@brentbat Thanks for the link. Here is one for you, it's about my motorcycle trip to the Sahara in 2009 on a Yamaha XT600E, you might like it: ua-cam.com/video/aKDJBw33T0k/v-deo.html
Cheers mate :)
@@catmate8358 Hey there Cat Mate, I hear you about consistency, but I do like mixing live sound under music.... both from GoPro and also from Drone.... I think it creates more atmosphere compared to just the music...obviously you DO need to be consistent, and you need to get mix right, but I think this is a personal preference and style thing.
Glad I stumbled onto this video, well done boys.
My favourite video..iv watched it many times
Some friends and I did a similar trip some years ago.
The Flinders were a high point for us.
I was amazed how well my 1200gsa rode from highways down to tracks just so easily.
Haven’t ridden for ages now but your vid brought back some lovely memories.
Well done and thanks for sharing.
Love the video, you guys are so lucky to have so much off road riding. Oz is definitely on the bucket list.👍 looking forward to seeing more of your trips.
Love the picture of the hotel and bikes. Really enjoying watching your channel. Cheers 🇨🇦
While I'm trying to browse what to buy for my first bike and got this suggested. Getting my first bike soon, and after my riding skills is good enough I'll upgrade to adventure bike. Have fun adventuring! And subbed!
Hey Denz... Enjoy your first bike, not sure what you are getting, but a light dual-sport bike would be great as a first bike and also allow you to play around on dirt. Adventure riding is fantastic, and riding on dirt usually means little to no cars which is one of the big appeals.
What an amazing ride and a great adventure. I hope your drone survived its crash.
Hey Kep, The DJI Mavic Air 2 smashed one of it's arms when it hit the tree, I think the repair was about $100-ish.
However, I'm selling the DJI and keeping the Skydio, because while the DJI is superior to the Skydio in a number of areas, it's the autonomous motion tracking that is the game changer for me. I've got a big 8 day trip up to the mountains with it soon, I can't wait to see what sort of footage I can get with the Skydio.
Great stuff guys, looked fun, video was really well put together too. And thanks for linking to the GPX files
Recall all this well .... spent 12 months 1992 and completed 75k miles and just about saw all of Oz ..... BIG place!!!
Wow! Now THAT sounds like an Epic trip. Incredible! It must have been fantastic to see so much of our beautiful country.
Great video, I ride 2010 GS it's been thruogh every condition here in SA, I wish I could ride the outback with you guys, that mud Is like a clay, I enjoy riders that can go through any conditions, proves ones riding abilities.......great great video
Very well put together video, great drone footage and enjoyed the calm and informative narration. If you don’t want an adventure bike after watching this, you don’t want an adventure bike.
What an amazing trip. Great roads. Great riding. Its now on my bucket list. Awesome effort. Thanks for sharing and talking us through
You might enjoy this feature length Film on what it is like to ride a motorcycle around Australia. ua-cam.com/video/ep0gmY1d85s/v-deo.html
What an inspirational ride and video! Love all the off road. We'll be taking our #vespa there very soon, though the deep mud does sound daunting. Well done guys
Thank you for sharing this adventure with us. I had thought your government had you folks pretty much locked -in due to the plague. I was surprised that I don’t recall even seeing anyone wearing a mask. Glad to see you can still get out and about. Great job of capturing this on video and telling your story.
Hey Tim, you are right, the Aus government has taken a pretty strong stance on COVID. Some states have locked other states out if there is an outbreak, and you can't even get into Australia without a FORCED 2 weeks quarantine under guard in a hotel.
However, my state (NSW) has had zero new cases of COVID for 20 days straight now, and I think the country as a whole has been at zero new cases for about 7 days, so the tough approach has definitely worked, and Australia is gradually reducing it's strict approach to COVID, but I think it will keep quarantine in place from international visitors for quite some time yet. However, none of this stopped me from exploring the NSW outback in August luckily.
I loved the video; you certainly have some stunning countryside down your way. Loved the national park where you were dodging the roos.
Love the video! Waiting for my bike to be delivered in the next few days, will put this route on the list. Thanks mate, much love 🙏
Heading off in 3 weeks for an epic ride to Victorian High Country. Should be amazing.
@@brentbat I'm sure you going to have an amazing time. Look forward to watching that video :) a question for you...How did you film the drone footage while riding? or is there a 3rd person we didn't see?
@@JeetHakamTv Hey Jeet, no there was no third person. The shots where I was riding I had the controller on my tank bag and I had the Mavic Air 2 tracking me. It doesn't track all that well, but I got a few decent shots from it. I did end up crashing my drone when I was near Menindee Lakes because I was riding down a dirt road standing on the pegs.... right hand on the throttle, left hand trying to control the drone (which was in sports mode). needless to say the drone hit a tree :-(
@@brentbat You definitely got some good shots!! Hope you got it working again, gonna need for the next trip ;)
Great country. Went out that way when dry. A totally different beast when wet. Great video.
Amazing video and really well narrated. Thanks!
What a great, quality, interesting and professional video. A joy to watch.
Thanks Tom... I've got another one coming in March.. going for 7 days into the Victorian High Country... AND I'll have a new totally autonomous drone... So it should be amazing.
Well done fellas, tight editing makes good watching. About that mud north of Hay, my volksy 1200 in 1963 wore clods of it even back in Melbourne
Amazing journey. More adventurous than on a 4wd.
thank you for the ride or allowing us to go with you thru the video great video loved it
Wow man, lovely scenery, great adventure, and beautifully filmed as well!
fantastic. well organized and commented.
From England,, Enjoyed that thanks for posting.
That was bloody awesome guys. Using adventure bikes, for what they were intended for. No guts, no glory aye? Well done. Great watch.
Thanks for the gpx files. I’ll be using them as soon as this bloody rain stops.
Yeah, you do not want to try riding out West when it is wet. Roads are closed and it's impassible. I hear you about the rain.... I'm heading out soon to the Flinders Ranges which thankfully is dry.
Thank you for that content. Wow - what a beautiful country. Brent your videography and editing are brilliant. I hope you publish more content. Having not been on a bike for 20 years I just bought myself a GS adventure and stumbled across your channel. Really inspiring stuff. I can’t wait until I become more comfortable on the bike and can tackle some adventure rides.
This video has made me add a GS trip through Australia to my bucket list! Greetings from South Africa
Super cool adventure! I felt like been there with you guys. And I liked the narrative approach of this video!
Fabulous footage and enjoyed your narration and maps outlining where you ventured. Unformed tracks look like bush my friend, with you paving the way! Well done!
Very polished production. Can see the quality and attention that went into making it. Unlike a lot of plain lazy videos out in UA-cam-land.
Looks like an awesome trip. That flashing tail light would drive me bananas 🍌 !!
Bloody lovely guys, this gives me just the inspiration I need to ride my partner and I out that far
That trip is now on my bucket list 👍thanks fellas
Great video Brent - I used to live in Tottenham, which is about 10mins up the road from Albert. Great feed at the Rabbit Trap!
Hey Cecil
Yes, it was a great feed at the Rabbit Trap. I really enjoyed my stay there.
@@brentbat I'm purchasing a scrambler 1200 later this year and thinking of doing a very similar trip to yours.
How can you only have 500 subscribers? I'm sharing the heck out of this video. Extremely well done!
Hey David, thanks for your note. It's a labour of love.
Wow, an epic trip gents! Well done, I see an ADV bike in my future.
What a trip, impressive. I wouldn't enter with the GS 1200 into mud even if I had a rescue helicopter next to me :).
Hey Orpaztron, I hear you... although generally the bikes handle it pretty well. However, I went for a ride last Tuesday and my mate got well and truly bogged in the middle of a muddy crossing. ua-cam.com/video/iC7i7rt0UY8/v-deo.html
great storytelling!
Love it guys. One of the best motorcycle travel videos I've ever seen
Thanks for sharing this video-adventure. Fantastic!.
Great video, mud is the Adventure bike kryptonite
Awesome vid. Thanks for knockin' it up and sharing. Very enjoyable. 👍
What an epic ride, and a beautifully produced video to boot. Nice work, fellas!
I absolutely loved this video! Great camera work, very good narration, and a great route. I truly hope to get to Australia someday, and your video made the desire even stronger. I will be buying my first ADV motorcycle this year and have been browsing videos to see what I may have in store. Thanks for sharing this!
Hey Sean, thanks for your note. Yes, adv bikes open up a whole new world of adventure. I have lists of places I want to go... and now I'm researching them. There are plenty of good facebook groups. where you can learn about great routes, hook up with some others for a ride etc.
Nice video... thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing...you certainly took on some tough mud! But I think the sand you guys ride on like it’s no big deal would have me beat at the end of the day😎
Awesome Video. Awesome footage and trails. Awesome Bikes. Very well and awesome narrated. Just awesome guys. TX
Thanks for a great video! I need to come to Australia and ride. :)
Greetings from Sweden!
Yes, you do :-). Check out my 7 day High Country ride if you want to see some contrasting riding conditions.
Omg this looks incredible
Only just found your channel, but the video was great, thanks
Great vid, what a fantastic ride, you guys are living the dream.
Loved this vid. Well done lads.
Great adventure, great video. Thanks for sharing it. Hi to you guys from Bali
Thanks for sharing mate
I'm from USA. Ridden 44 states, 5 countries, Alaska twice. Watch these Australian videos often. I don't even know how to express my feelings about the terrain I see there. 😕
Hey Samuel
I hear you, I haven't done as much riding/traveling in the USA, but I've seen a fair bit of it. I think the biggest difference is the remoteness you get here. The landmass is about the same size, but US has 330M people, and Australia has around 25M (mostly around the coast). So there is just so much more "nothingness", and when you go remote in Australia... YOU REALLY GO REMOTE. No fuel, no help. You are on your own.
When I was in Silverton there were 3 donkeys about town. Saw them on the way in around 3pm. Later than night the dog had rounded them up and they literally went into the pub for the night. I believe they are responsible for all of the jokes written on the roof of the pub.
Great tour video. Now you'll have to do it again with the Skydio 2!
Hey Tadpole Trekker, I've got a big trip planned in March to Victorian High Country, so I think that will be a GREAT opportunity for the Skydio.
Sure is a Great Southern Land,, great scenery,,,safe ride..
Another awesome video Brent
Thanks for sharing your tracks
This was excellent. So well produced.
What an awesome video, thank you guys so much for sharing your trip with us! Greetings from Germany
From broken hill great vid
Thanks for that journey Brent!!!!!
Great video. I got to Silverton in February touring on a CBR250R which managed a bit of gentle off-roading. Unfortunately most of it was closed then but I did get to meet Teddy, the hotel dog determined not to let me leave. Back in England now but would love another trip to Oz.
Yeah, Tedy the dog rocks!!!
Great work Brent. 5 of my buddies and I rode from Sydney to Tasmania over 12 days and got back just before lockdown. Couldn't have been luckier with the timing. There was a 1200 GS, a 1600 RT, an R1200R, an R9T, an old Harley and my XSR700 (having just returned to motorcycling after a 38 year gap! Well my last bike was an H1 500 triple, so you can perhaps understand :) ). Needless to say, it got a bit hairy when we hit dirt, but we got through it. Most was on tarmac and we went hard in places, but the XSR had no problem keeping up. I've since upgraded to the Tracer 900GT but I think some road & off-roading is next for me - inspired by your video. BTW, I recorded the trip on a Hero 8 Black but we're now in December and I still haven't completed editing. I'm told Resolve is pretty easy to use but I'm proving that wrong. Your video makes it look like it shouldn't be so hard! Anyway, cheers and thanks for sharing. Steve.
Hey Steven, thanks for your note. That ride to Tasmania sounds amazing. I will have to add that to my list. Sounds like you had an eclectic mix of bikes on the trip, and yes, I can imagine it would have gotten a bit hairy on the dirt on some of those road bikes. But that is all part of the adventure. Your new ride looks pretty slick. I've ridden a mix of on-road and off-road bikes, but now I love the adventure bike style. I'm planning my next trip for March... 7 days through the high country... Snowy Mountains and Victorian High country... almost all on dirt. Hardly any cars, no traffic. We'll be camping off the bikes and staying in hotels for the trip... This is the type of adventure I like doing now. Exploring.
Regarding editing, I've used a few tools, Resolve, Final Cut, Premiere Pro. I currently edit using Premiere Pro. Unfortunately, no matter what tool you use there is a bit of a learning curve to getting the fundamentals and settings right. If you would like a crash course, I'd be happy to do an hour zoom call with you and show you how to get started with correct settings and go through the fundamentals.
Just wow!
Btw... that’s the slippery mud we have here in Az and in much of our southwest -if it rains...When it rains, big bikes wait a day or two.🤪🤪
This is freaking amazing
Amazing trip in a very nice wilderness…
Brilliant ride guys, thanks for sharing the vid!
Just an awesome video, thank you!
well done Brent well filmed thanks for the gps logs
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Awesome trip.
Great video, loved it.
Cheers
Nice trip. I grew up out at Condobolin - where the Utes in the Paddock now are 17:36. That red mud we got out there could be like glue, and in the 50s/60s before the roads were surfaced it meant not going anywhere.
Kim, this trip was the first time I have experienced the outback mud and clay. I can imagine the rain would have made life interesting before the roads got pave. Beautiful area around Condobolin. I spent a couple of years living in Wagga and really enjoyed experiencing the country.
@@brentbat I also lived in Wagga for ten years in the 90s. Back in those days I did a trip out west with some mates to Broken Hill and a few other places out west. We rode from Willcannia to Ivanhoe on the return trip, 160 kms of bull dust, soft white gypsum dust like talc. We were all on big road bikes. The guy with the 150mm tyres had the biggest problems staying upright, and the older BMW R80 with skinny tyres had little problem. Trouble was, it made him too confident. He rode off too fast and we caught up with him covered in white and the bike parked on the side of the road. There was a big hole in the road where he sank into ten inch deep dust and came off. He had no experience of these conditions and when one of us told him to move his bike further from the road as he was parked on a thin crust he said "It's OK" just as his sidestand poked through the crust and his bike fell over and snapped off his left mirror. Poor bloke. :)
And a few weeks ago I went to Broken Hill with a few other Indian riders and decided to come home through Condo. I got to Cobar and set up the phone GPS to follow from there. It took me on a road that included 100 kms of dirt road - with me on a 400 kg cruiser. That's what I get for following the short route. A week later I put a deposit on a Triumph Tiger 900 - should be here by Christmas.
@@Kim_Miller , you will love the Tiger 900. I've heard nothing but good things about that bike. Something to look forward to for sure. Yeah, I love the adventure riding... Planning two big rides next year.... Victorian High country, and then Cape York. I love the planning, the riding and the film making... it's all great fun.
Great journey!
Your videos are SO well made
Thanks Harry... My first career was in film and tv, so I have had professional training, and it's a labour of love. I enjoy making the videos while I ride.